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EDWARD ALBEE’S WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
WELCOME TO
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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MATT SHAKMAN
In a year when we are celebrating the theater’s
with designers who have executed George
25th Anniversary Season, it seems fitting to
and Martha’s home to perfection, this director
take on one of the great American classics,
and cast have reimagined Albee’s classic with
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Edward
thrilling new eyes.
Albee’s masterpiece about the complicated and sometimes brutal dynamics that reside within love and marriage is as timeless as it is darkly comical. It is an incredibly complex and layered play that requires nothing short of brilliant actors. Director Gordon Greenberg has assembled exactly that: an ensemble that brings Albee’s text and subtext into stunning and stark relief. Calista Flockhart, Zachary Quinto, Aimee Carrero, and Graham Phillips have imbued the production with an undercurrent that keeps us guessing even as we laugh at and side with one character or another. Along 2 P L AY B I L L
It continues to be a joy to have you all back at the theater. We appreciate your continued support and patience as we settle back into live and in-person performances. Your safety and well-being, as well as that of the artists you are here to see, remains our top priority. It allows us all to continue to do what we love— come to the theatre. Enjoy the show! Matt Shakman Artistic Director
SAVE THE DATE!
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
BACKSTAGE AT THE GEFFEN SATURDAY‚ JUNE 4‚ 2022
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ADI GREENBERG
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Adi Greenberg CHAIR
Victoria Alonso
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Patricia Kiernan Applegate
Andy Spahn
Dr. Gene D. Block
Steven Spielberg
Kevin Bright
Steve Tisch
Gil Cates Jr. Executive Director
Dr. Charles E. Young Chair Emeritus
Mary Ann Cloyd Vice Chair
IN MEMORIAM
Dr. Brad Edgerton Bonnie E. Eskenazi Mark Fleischer Sue Nahley Fleishman Patricia L. Glaser
Welcome to Geffen Playhouse and the 60th anniversary production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by Gordon Greenberg. We are proud to present this classic masterpiece as part of our 25th Anniversary Season.
Martha Henderson Chair Emeritus
As we celebrate our first 25 years as Geffen Playhouse, we continue our mission to push boundaries and foster bold, brave, and relevant works by a vibrant artistic community that will inform, entertain, and inspire.
Tiffany Mayberry
On behalf of the Geffen Playhouse Board and Advisory Board, thank you for being here and for your ongoing support of our artistic endeavors. Your support enables the theater to further develop our Education & Community Engagement programs across Los Angeles.
Matt Shakman Artistic Director
We thank you for embracing the exciting return to in-person performances and hope you leave the theater with a new sense of wonder, curiosity, and passion for the performing arts.
Loretta Everett Kaufman Carla Malden Brian Mann Danny Passman Holly Rice
Adi Greenberg Board Chair
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Gilbert Cates Founder Marcia Israel-Curley Audrey Skirball Kenis Charles Kenis Karl Malden Ginny Mancini Jerry Perenchio Edie Wasserman Lew Wasserman
LEGAL COUNSEL Peter Rosen Latham & Watkins LLP
Pamela Robinson Chair Emeritus
ADVISORY BOARD
Linda Bernstein Rubin
Miranda Tollman Chair Stephanie Carson
Richard Sherman
Lori Collins
Cynthia P. Stafford
Ellyce R. Cooper
Howard Tenenbaum Chair Emeritus
Debra Davis
Marc Weinstock Kevyn Wynn
Brenda Garcia Ann Gianopulos Priscila Giraldo
FOUNDING TRUSTEES
Kirsten Hansen
Harold A. Brown
Laura Kennedy
Kirsten Combs
Wendy Kurtzman
Robert A. Daly
Hannah Linkenhoker
David Geffen
John McCrite
Herbert M. Gelfand Chair Emeritus
Audrey Povar
Quincy Jones Jeffrey Katzenberg
With gratitude,
Victoria Mann Simms
Beth Behrs
Merle Dandridge
These programs seek to inspire the students and community members we serve, to develop a lifelong relationship with the theater, deepen our common sense of humanity, and increase our sense of agency in the world.
Bruce M. Ramer Founding Chair
Glorya Kaufman Frank G. Mancuso Chair Emeritus
Eric Heer
Eric Rollins Scott Sandler Allen Shay John Sonego Cela Devine Sutton
Ron Meyer
Rebecca Vail
Jerry Moss
Laurie Ziegler
NOW ON DISPLAY IN THE LOBBY
ART LIVES HERE
As part of Geffen Playhouse’s inaugural Art Lives Here project, four Los Angeles artists have been invited to create original art works to be displayed in our lobby welcoming back audiences during our 25th Anniversary Season. We celebrate the diversity in our audiences and our productions, and it is our mission to create, foster, and nourish an environment that is open and welcoming for all. We are a home for the arts, and we believe our physical space should also reflect and be representative of our ongoing commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in everything we do and the communities we support.
FEATURED WORK #3 The Endless Open Sky Above Us ARTIST Luciana Abait ON DISPLAY Apr. 19 – Jun. 19, 2022
The work is a metaphor for the magic that the theatre evokes in audiences. As theatergoers watch a play, or performance, they feel transported into another world. The physical walls and ceiling of the theatre disappear and a new world emerges
Los Angeles where she is
Selected exhibitions include
where anything is possible.
a resident artist of 18th
A Letter to the Future at Los
This mixed media depicts
Street Arts Center in Santa
Angeles International Airport
theatre seats placed on the
Monica. Her photo-based
and Sur Biennial in Cali-
surface of a vast landscape
two- and three-dimensional
fornia; Flow, Blue at Rock-
that is surreal and fantastic.
works deal with climate
ford College Art Museum
The open landscape points
change and environmental
and Luciana Abait at Jean
to the expansiveness of our
fragility, and their impacts
Albano Gallery in Illinois;
natural world, with arms
on immigration in particular.
Nest at Lehigh University in
open to all its inhabitants.
Abait's artworks have been
Pennsylvania; and ARCO in
shown widely in the United
Spain. Abait's works are held
States, Europe, Latin Amer-
in private, public and corpo-
Luciana Abait was born in
ica, and Asia in solo shows
rate collections from the
Buenos Aires, Argentina
in galleries, museums,
United States, Europe, Latin
and is currently based in
and international art fairs.
America and East Asia.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT VISIT GEFFENPLAYHOUSE.ORG/ARTLIVESHERE
THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
EDWARD ALBEE’S WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? DIRECTED BY
GORDON GREENBERG SCENIC DESIGNER
COSTUME DESIGNER
LIGHTING DESIGNER
ORIGINAL MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN BY
WILSON CHIN
ALEJO VIETTI
ELIZABETH HARPER
LINDSAY JONES
FIGHT DIRECTOR
INTIMACY DIRECTOR
STEVE RANKIN
MIA SCHACHTER DRAMATURG
SARAH ROSE LEONARD PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
J. JASON DAUNTER
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER (THRU 5/15)
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER (AFTER 5/15)
KYRSTEN GOODRICH
KESIA ROSS
CASTING DIRECTOR
PHYLLIS SCHURINGA‚ CSA OPENING NIGHT
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CIRCLE MEMBERS Adi & Jerry Greenberg
Jerry & Terri Kohl
Martha Henderson
Linda Bernstein Rubin & Tony Rubin
Pamela Robinson Hollander & Robert Hollander
Miranda & Brett Tollman
Loretta Everett Kaufman & Victor Kaufman
25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON SPONSOR
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OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS
EDWARD ALBEE’S WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? CAST OF CHARACTERS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
AIMEE CARRERO MARTHA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CALISTA FLOCKHART NICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRAHAM PHILLIPS GEORGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZACHARY QUINTO HONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
UNDERSTUDIES
FLYNN HAYWARD GEORGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT MAMMANA NICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TY MOLBAK MARTHA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNE TORSIGLIERI HONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Understudies never substitute for listed players unless specified. The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. SETTING/TIME
The living room of a house on the campus of a small New England college. Fall, 1962. Fun and Games Walpurgisnacht A C T T H R E E The Exorcism ACT ONE ACT TWO
RUNNING TIME
3 hours Including two 10 minute intermissions. PLEASE NOTE
There is no photography or filming of any kind allowed during the performance. Please turn off all electronic devices, including cell phones. Thank you!
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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Imposter, Beside Herself, Bovver Boys, Death Takes a Holiday, and Mad Forest, amongst others. On television, Calista appeared in Ally McBeal, Brothers & Sisters, and Supergirl. Film credits include The Birdcage, Telling Lies in America, A Midsummer A I M E E CA R R E R O
Honey
Night’s Dream, and Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her.
Z AC H A RY Q U I N TO
George
Aimee Carrero is thrilled to be
Quinto is best known for the
making her Geffen Playhouse
role of Spock in J.J. Abrams’
debut! Recent credits include:
Star Trek and its sequels.
Off-Broadway: The Portuguese
His other film credits include
Kid (Manhattan Theater Club),
Margin Call, Snowden, and The
What Rhymes with America
Boys in the Band, among others.
(Atlantic Theater Company);
He has also starred in a multi-
Film: The Menu (Searchlight
tude of television series includ-
Pictures, 2022), Spirited (Apple Original Film, 2022), Mack & Rita (2022), Wander Darkly, Holidate; Television: The Consultant (Amazon Studios, 2023), The Offer (Paramount+, 2022) Maid (Netflix), Young & Hungry (Freeform), Elena of Avalor (Disney), She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix/ Dreamworks Animation).
GRAHAM PHILLIPS
Nick
Graham Phillips began his career as a soloist at the New York City and Metropolitan Operas before starring in the Broadway cast of Jason Robert Brown’s 13: The Musical. He has performed in a variety of roles on film and television, including leads in the films Goats, Evan Almighty, XOXO, Staten Island Summer, and Blockers. He also has been recurring on the
ing Heroes, NOS4A2, The Slap, Girls, American Horror Story, So Notorious, and 24. On stage, Quinto has appeared off-Broadway in Angels in America and Smokefall, and on Broadway in The Glass Menagerie, and most recently in the Tony Award– winning revival of The Boys in the Band. His production company, Before the Door Pictures, was launched in 2008 and is developing projects across film, television, and other media.
television series Riverdale and Atypical, and starred in ABC’s The Little Mermaid Live. He was a series regular on The Good Wife until attending Princeton CA L I S TA F LO C K H A R T
Martha
Calista Flockhart is delighted to be at the Geffen Playhouse. Broadway and off-Broadway theatre credits include: Three Sisters, The Glass Menagerie, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, bash: Latterday Plays, Sophistry, The Loop, Sons and Fathers, Wrong Turn at Lungfish, The 8 P L AY B I L L
University where he received his B.A. in the History department. With his brother, Parker, he wrote and directed his first feature, The Bygone, a neo-western thriller. Their second feature, Rumble Through the Dark, staring Aaron Eckhart and based on the novel by Michael Farris Smith, is in the final stages of post-production.
EDWARD ALBEE
Playwright
Edward Albee was born on March 12, 1928 and began writing plays 30 years later. His plays include The Zoo Story (1958), The Death of Bessie Smith (1959), The Sandbox (1959),
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES The American Dream (1960),
Theatre starring Rebel Wilson),
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
the Broadway premiere of
(1961-62, Tony Award), Tiny Alice
Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn (also
(1964), A Delicate Balance (1966,
co-writer, Roundabout Theatre
Pulitzer Prize; 1996, Tony Award),
Company, Universal, PBS’s Great
All Over (1971), Seascape (1974,
Performances), Jacques Brel is
Pulitzer Prize), Listening (1975),
Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Counting the Ways (1975), The
(Zipper Theatre, Drama Desk,
Lady from Dubuque (1977-78),
Drama League, Outer Critics
The Man Who Had Three Arms
nominations), Working (adapted
(1981), Finding the Sun (1982),
with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dra-
Marriage Play (1986-87), Three
ma Desk Award, 59E59, The Old
Tall Women (1991, Pulitzer Prize),
Globe, Broadway in Chicago),
Fragments (1993), The Play
Johnny Baseball (Williamstown
About The Baby (1997), The Goat,
Theatre Festival), Piaf/Dietrich
or Who Is Sylvia? (2000, 2002
(Mirvish, Toronto, Dora Award),
Tony Award), Occupant (2001),
Barnum (Menier Chocolate
At Home at the Zoo (Act 1, Home-
Factory, London), Floyd Collins
life; Act 2, The Zoo Story) (2004),
(Signature Theatre), Yentl (Asolo
and Me, Myself and I (2008). He
Rep), The Secret of My Success
is a member of the Dramatists
(Universal, Paramount Theatre,
Guild Council, and President of
Chicago), Ebenezer Scrooge’s
The Edward F. Albee Founda-
BIG Christmas Show (The Old
tion. Mr. Albee was awarded the
Globe, Bucks County Play-
Gold Medal in Drama from the
house), Crime and Punishment
American Academy and Institute
(upcoming The Old Globe),
of Arts and Letters in 1980. In
Port-Au-Prince by Kirsten Childs
1996 he received the Kennedy
(upcoming, The New Group),
Center Honors and the National
Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors
Medal of Arts. In 2005, he was
(upcoming Chicago Shakes,
awarded a special Tony Award
NYC), Blue Sky Boys by Deborah
for Lifetime Achievement.
Brevoort (premiere, Capital Repertory Theatre), Pirates! (Or, Gilbert and Sullivan Plunder’d) (Huntington Theatre). TV writing includes original movies for: Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, ABC, Warner Brothers. He is a Founding Curator at Ars Nova, an Associate Artist at The New Group and Co-Director of the
GORDON GREENBERG
Director
Broadway Teachers Workshop. As an actor, he has appeared on
Directing work includes the
Broadway, Off-Broadway and on
acclaimed West End revival of
television. Teaching: Michigan,
Guys and Dolls, which received
Columbia, U. Oklahoma, N.Y.U.,
six Olivier Award nominations
Arts Ed (London), Broadway
(Savoy Theatre, Chichester
Moscow (Russia). Education:
Festival Theatre, Phoenix
Stanford University, NYU, RADA.
W I LS O N C H I N
Scenic Designer
Broadway and Off-Broadway: Pass Over (Lucille Lortel Award nomination, Broadway and LCT3); Next Fall (Broadway and Naked Angels); Cost of Living, By the Water (Manhattan Theatre Club); Teenage Dick (Ma-Yi Theater Company/The Public Theater); A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet (DR2 Theatre); Space Dogs (MCC Theater); Sweat, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Pericles (The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit); Wild Goose Dreams (The Public Theater/La Jolla Playhouse); The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons); My Mañana Comes (The Playwrights Realm); Too Much, Too Much, Too Many (Roundabout Theatre Company); The Jammer (Atlantic Theater Company); Sakina’s Restaurant (Audible Theater/Minetta Lane Theatre); Engagements (Second Stage); Informed Consent (Primary Stages). Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Eine Florentinische Tragödie / Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Opera Company, Dora Mavor Moore Award). Film/television: Pass Over (dir. Spike Lee), Game Theory with Bomani Jones (HBO), Blindspot (NBC). Eastern Region Board Member of Local USA 829. Instagram: @wilsonchindesign ALEJO VIETTI
Costume Designer
New York: Broadway’s Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical; Allegiance (Drama Desk Award nomination); and Beautiful: The Carole King
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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Musical (also national tour,
Play Dead directed by Teller
LA and SD Drama Critics
West End – Olivier Award
(Geffen Playhouse); Rock of
Circle Awards; two ASCAP Plus
nomination, Australia, Japan,
Ages (The 5th Avenue Theatre,
Awards; multiple nominations
and UK tour). Smokey Joe’s
Seattle); Office Hour starring
for Drama Desk, Barrymore,
Café, Amy and the Orphans,
Sandra Oh, Little Black Shad-
Helen Hayes and IRNE, among
Storefront Church, and Secrets
ows (South Coast Repertory);
many others. Founding member
of the Trade, among others. As
Crescent City directed by Yuval
of the Theatrical Sound Design-
well as works for the Radio City
Sharon (The Industry). Corpo-
ers and Composers Association
Rockettes, Roundabout Theatre
rate events include projects
(TSDCA) and The Collaborator
Company, Manhattan Theatre
for Microsoft, Under Armour,
Party. www.lindsayjones.com
Club, New York City Opera,
AirBnB, and Universal Studios.
and Atlantic Theater Company,
Elizabeth is a professor of
among others. Opera includes
lighting design at the Universi-
Lyric Opera of Chicago, Minne-
ty of Southern California.
Most recently at Geffen Play-
L I N D SAY J O N E S
Witch, Big Sky. Broadway: Ain’t
sota Opera, and Donetsk Opera (Ukraine). Other: Disney’s The
STEVE RANKIN
Fight Director
house: Paradise Blue, Key Largo,
Original Music & Sound Design
Too Proud, All My Sons, Carousel
Broadway: Slave Play, The Nap,
(Drama Desk Outstanding
Bronx Bombers, A Time to Kill.
Fight Choreography), Summer,
Off-Broadway: Privacy, Dry
Memphis, Jersey Boys, Henry
Powder (The Public Theater);
IV, Twelfth Night, The Who’s
Mankind, Bootycandy (Play-
Tommy, Anna Christie, The Real
wrights Horizons); Rx (Primary
Inspector Hound, Macbeth, The
Stages), and many others.
Farnsworth Invention, Guys and
International: Royal Shake-
Dolls, Dracula, Doctor Zhivago,
speare Company (England),
Bonnie and Clyde, Getting Away
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
With Murder, Two Shakespear-
(Canada). Regional: Mark
ean Actors. Off-Broadway: Pig
Taper Forum, Arena Stage,
Farm, The Third Story, The Night
Goodman Theatre, McCarter
Hank Williams Died, Below the
Theatre Center, The Old Globe,
Belt. Public Theater: CORIOLA-
Steppenwolf Theatre Compa-
NUS. Shakespeare Los Angeles:
ny, Guthrie Theater, Hartford
Henry IV (with Tom Hanks).
@Alejo_Vietti_Costume_Design
Stage, Chicago Shakespeare
Stratford Shakespeare Festival:
Theater, Lookingglass Theatre
Romeo and Juliet, Caesar and
ELIZABETH HARPER
Company, and many others.
Cleopatra, The Who’s Tommy,
Lighting Designer
Film/television scoring work:
Macbeth, Henry V. Metropolitan
Regional: Between Two Knees
The Brass Teapot for Magnolia
Opera: Faust, Rodelinda, Boris
(Oregon Shakespeare Festival,
Pictures, A Note of Triumph:
Godunov, Iphegenie at Tauride.
Yale Repertory Theatre); The
The Golden Age of Norman
Regional: Kennedy Center,
Cake (La Jolla Playhouse);
Corwin (2006 Academy Award
Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson
The Invisible Hand (KCRep);
winner, Best Documentary
Theatre, The Old Globe (Asso-
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,
Short Subject) for HBO Films.
ciate Artist), La Jolla Playhouse,
Immediate Family, Blues for an
Awards: two Tony Award nom-
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Ac-
Alabama Sky (Mark Taper Fo-
inations (Best Score and Best
tors Theater of Louisville, et al.
rum); Quack, Woman Laughing
Sound Design of a Play), seven
Mr. Rankin also plays mandolin
Alone With Salad (Kirk Douglas
Joseph Jefferson Awards and
and guitar with The Susie Glaze
Theatre); Wait Until Dark, Long
24 nominations; two Ovation
New Folk Ensemble. Steve is a
Day’s Journey into Night, and
Awards and three nominations;
proud member of SDC.
Hunchback of Notre Dame in Japan and Germany, Colorado Ballet, and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Regionally, Vietti has designed shows for Alley Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and The Old Globe, among others. He is the recipient of the 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. Eastern Region Board Member of Local USA 829.
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PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES M I A S C H AC H T E R
J. JAS O N DAU N T E R
ment from UC Irvine in 2021.
Intimacy Director
Production Stage Manager
Mia Schachter is an Intima-
Jason is grateful to be continu-
ing anti-racist training and
cy Coordinator for TV, Film,
ing his time at the Geffen Play-
stage intimacy training into all
and Theater, a podcaster, and
house with this iconic show and
her work and enjoys guest lec-
writer living in their hometown
amazing group of artists. For the
turing for Stage Management
of Los Angeles. Their credits
Geffen, Jason just completed
courses whenever possible.
include Perry Mason (HBO),
the incredible run of Power of
Favorite credits include Living
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Twen-
Sail. Jason’s Broadway credits
Dead in Denmark (CSU Chico),
ties (BET), and the upcoming
include the original companies
The Producers (Plan B Enter-
Season 2 of Blindspotting
of: To Kill a Mockingbird; Meteor
tainment), The 39 Steps, Jesus
(Starz). Mia runs Share the
Shower; A Doll’s House, Part
Christ Superstar, Tuesdays with
Load, a consent education
2; Shuffle Along; Glory Days;
school they founded during
Cyrano de Bergerac; and the
the pandemic, and co-founded
Broadway blockbuster Wicked.
Centaury Co., a SAG-AF-
National tour credits include:
TRA-accredited intimacy coor-
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love
dination training company.
and Murder, Chicago, Joseph
www.sharetheloadinc.com
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Thoroughly Modern
SA R A H R O S E L EO N A R D
Dramaturg
Sarah Rose Leonard is a dramaturg and creative producer.
Millie, A Christmas Carol, and Wicked. Regional: The Kennedy Center, Muny, Pittsburgh CLO, Stages St. Louis, Santa Barbara
She is currently a Live Events
Symphony, and Chita Rivera at
Producer at KQED, Northern
Carnegie Hall. In the world of
California’s NPR and PBS mem-
educational theatre, Jason has
ber station. Previously, she was
served on the Board of Directors
the Literary Manager at Berke-
for the Educational Theatre
ley Repertory Theatre and the
Association and currently sits on
Literary Associate at Signature
the Board for California Thespi-
Theatre. Favorite dramaturgy
ans and the Educational Theatre
credits include This Much I
Foundation. A leading advocate
Know (Aurora Theatre Compa-
in the nation for educational
ny), twenty50 (Denver Center
theatre, and speaks yearly about
for the Performing Arts), Angels
anti-bullying, acceptance, and
in America (Berkeley Rep),
empowering youth in various
A Good Neighbor (Z Space),
states. Member of Actors’ Equity
In Braunau (San Francisco
Association. Love to the JSquad.
Playhouse), You For Me For You
Thank you for supporting live
(Crowded Fire Theater), Big
theatre! “Dare to Dream!”
Starr). She is a Co-Editor of 3Views on Theater, an online theatre criticism publication dedicated to multiplicity.
Morrie (Clinton Area Showboat Theatre), The Penelopiad (UC Irvine), and Invincible (Cesa Entertainment). Kyrsten is a member of Actors Equity Association and the Stage Managers Association. See kyrstengoodrich.com for more information. Cheers! K ES I A R O SS
Assistant Stage Manager (after 5/15)
Kesia is excited to be returning to the Geffen Playhouse! As a Las Vegas native, Kesia came to California to attend Chapman University and received her B.A. in Theatre Technology with an emphasis in Stage Management. Some of Kesia’s highlights include A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Annie at the Hollywood Bowl, the Ojai Playwrights Conference, Power of Sail at the Geffen Playhouse, and various shows at the Disneyland Resort as a Production Stage Manager. P H Y L L I S S C H U R I N G A , C SA
Casting Director
Love (Signature Theatre), and The Hotel Colors (The Bushwick
She is focused on implement-
KY R S T E N G O O D R I C H
Assistant Stage Manager (thru 5/15)
Kyrsten is thrilled to be making
Phyllis is an Artistic Associate and the Casting Director for Geffen Playhouse. Recent
her Geffen Playhouse debut!
casting includes Power of Sail,
Born and raised in California,
Paradise Blue, Mysterious Cir-
she received her B.A. in Theatre
cumstances, Black Super Hero
from CSU Chico in 2016 and
Magic Mama, Skeleton Crew,
her M.F.A. in Stage Manage-
The Legend of Georgia McBride, G E F F E N P L AY H O U S E 1 1
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Guards at the Taj, and American
West Coast premiere of David
day-to-day operations; devel-
Buffalo at the Geffen, and Put
Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People
oping new, ongoing theater
Your House in Order at La Jolla
(2012), the world premiere of
partnerships and leading its
Playhouse. She has received
Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adapta-
mission to inform, entertain
6 Artios nominations: Witch,
tion of Wait Until Dark (2013),
and inspire diverse audienc-
Significant Other, Actually,
and Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews
es with live theater of the
Barbecue, Barcelona, The Coun-
(2015). Matt founded and was
highest caliber. Prior to being
try House. Before joining the
the artistic director of the Black
named Executive Director in
Geffen, she was the Casting Di-
Dahlia Theatre in Los Angeles,
2015, Cates served as Geffen
rector for Steppenwolf Theater
which was named “one of a
Playhouse Board Vice Chair-
Company in Chicago where her
dozen young American com-
man since 2012 and served
favorites include Frank Galati’s
panies you need to know” by
as a producer and director in
adaptation of The Grapes of
American Theatre magazine
theater, film and television.
Wrath (also La Jolla Playhouse,
and “Best Small Theatre” by
His theater credits include the
National Theatre in London and
Los Angeles magazine. Matt is
award-winning Names (Matrix
Broadway, where it received
a director and producer for FX’s
Theatre Company) and Three
the Tony Award for Best Play),
It’s Always Sunny in Philadel-
Sisters and David Mamet’s
the original production of Steve
phia and has directed episodes
A Life in the Theatre (both at
Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Ag-
of Game of Thrones (DGA
Syracuse Stage). Cates’ film
ile (and subsequent productions
nomination), Mad Men, Fargo,
credits include The Surface
including Westwood Playhouse
The Good Wife, and Succession.
(starring Sean Astin and Gef-
and Briar Street Theater in
He helmed the pilot episode
fen Playhouse alumnus Chris
Chicago), Austin Pendleton’s
for Hulu’s The Great (Emmy
Mulkey), Jobs (starring Ashton
Orson’s Shadow, and Charles L.
nomination) starring Elle Fan-
Kutcher, Josh Gad, Dermot
Mee’s Time to Burn. Broadway
ning and Nicholas Hoult and
Mulroney, as well as Geffen
transfers include One Flew
produced and directed all epi-
Playhouse alumni Matthew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Tony
sodes of WandaVision (Emmy
Modine and Ron Eldard) and
Award for Best Revival) and The
nominations for Direction and
the 2011 feature film Lucky
Song of Jacob Zulu. She is a
Limited Series, DGA nomina-
(starring Colin Hanks, Ari
member of the Casting Society
tion), a Marvel Studios event
Graynor and Ann-Margret). In
of America.
series for Disney+ starring Paul
addition, Cates co-produced
Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen.
and co-directed the critically
Matt is currently directing Star
acclaimed Life After Tomorrow,
Trek for Bad Robot and Para-
featuring Sarah Jessica Parker,
mount Studios.
which premiered on Showtime. His other films include Deal (starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison and Charles Durning) and The Mesmerist (starring Jessica Capshaw and
M AT T S H A K M A N
Geffen Playhouse alumnus
Artistic Director
Neil Patrick Harris). Cates’
Matt Shakman is Artistic
television directorial debut was an episode of the NBC comedy
Director of Geffen Playhouse.
Joey, starring Emmy winner
Circumstances for the Geffen in
G I L CAT E S, J R .
Executive Director
Matt LeBlanc. He studied at
2019 and prior to joining as Ar-
Gil Cates, Jr. is Executive
the National Theatre Institute
tistic Director in 2017, Shakman
Director of Geffen Playhouse.
directed three acclaimed pro-
In this role, he is responsible
ductions at the Playhouse: the
for managing the Geffen’s
Matt last helmed Mysterious
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in Waterford, Connecticut, and holds a B.F.A. in Drama from Syracuse University.
PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES for accounting functions of
Sloten CPA, after holding the
the theater, including oper-
position of Director of Account-
ating and capital budgets. In
ing at FABS Management,
addition, she supports all IT
where she was responsible for
and HR activities. Behnaz was
overseeing the finances of more
named Chief Financial Officer
than 25 non-profit organiza-
in 2015 after serving as General
tions. As a financial professional
Manager since 2002. She first
with more than 30 years’ experi-
joined Geffen Playhouse in
ence in for-profit and non-prof-
1999. Previously, Ataee worked
it financial management and
as a senior financial analyst for
auditing, Ataee began her
Behnaz “Nazy” Ataee is Chief
Ultratech Inc., an international
career in the Bay Area as a
Financial Officer of Geffen
semiconductor company based
partner in a small tech startup.
Playhouse. In this role, she
in San Jose. Prior to Ultratech,
She holds a master’s degree
has oversight responsibility
she was an auditor for Van
from Pepperdine University.
B E H N A Z ATA E E Chief Financial Officer
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JEN SILVERMAN DAVID WIENER LAUREN YEE ANNA ZIEGLER
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ALEXANDRA KALINOWSKI, TOVA KATZ, & KATIE LINDSAY
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A1 Jake Delgado
Movement Consultant Allison Leo
A2 Stephanie Lynn Yackovetsky
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Wardrobe Supervisor Michayla Van Treeck
Associate Costume Designer Alexandria Hoffman
Lead Carpenter Philip Rossi
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Properties Artisans Christopher R. Baab, Danny Dolan, Ryan Howard Stitcher Kiko Cheyenne
Stage Supervisor Alexandre Norkus
Electricians Ezra Fisher, Miri Henerson, Nicole Jaja, Justin Kelley-Cahill, Alannah Lasiter, Juan Lozano, Skye Mahaffie, Melanie Miller, Gabriel Rodriguez, James Tatsch, Caleb Wildman
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Trumpet Chris Tedesco All Other Instruments Lindsay Jones
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BEHIND THE SCENES Q&A
FUNHOUSE MIRROR GROTESQUE
Calista Flockhart with director Gordon Greenberg
PHOTO BY JEFF LORCH
AN INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR GORDON GREENBERG ON HOW MARTHA AND GEORGE DRAW US IN
BY SARAH ROSE LEONARD, DRAMATURG FOR WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
SA R A H R O S E L E O N A R D : This is a play we return to a lot as a society. What made you want to direct it now? G O R D O N G R E E N B E R G : I have always loved the play, although my relationship with it changes over the years. I first saw the movie in my teens. I was living in a household that wasn’t as drastically dangerous as this household, but it resonated. I certainly recognized the decaying relationship, codependence and violence, the disappointment and mourning that all these people are experiencing. I was also drawn to the exposing of the underbelly of an ostensibly perfect, orderly, suburban existence. I loved that the couple you thought had it all together and had everything going for them—the golden couple, if you will—is actually more dysfunctional than the couple who look like they’re a mess and should be separated, probably. I think George and Martha have a brighter future than Honey and Nick. And that was fascinating to me. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve understood what it means to love someone through darkness at 1 6 P L AY B I L L
times. The way you think about life is not quite as neat and tidy and finite. If you look at the lifespan of a relationship, it’s like traversing the Pacific Ocean. There are going to be storms, and there are going to be challenges and waves. But if you learn how to sail through them, you get a great reward at the end, which is mileage and longevity. S R L : What’s been a delight to discover in the rehearsal room? What’s been a challenge? G G : It’s fun to see who wins each battle. That friction between George and Martha keeps them alive. There’s an admiration for swordsmanship, for wit, and even for vulgarity. For sheer strength! The fine line between love and violence keeps the play dangerous and fascinating. That’s something we talk about a lot, too. That there’s both a terror of being the loser of any single battle, but also a reward because the person you love has won. The other thing we’ve been talking about is the notion of about how frightening women’s lib was to the male establishment at the time. Many women were entering the workplace for the first
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time when the play was first staged in 1962. That fear seems absurd and corny to me now. But all of these people assumed the workforce was going to essentially be what it was, which is half of what it could have been. And people were scared. That’s what Albee was sending up. And then Albee underscores that between the men—Nick and George—it’s always a battle of testosterone. We’re embracing these themes in our production. There’s a beauty in Honey and Martha’s interactions. But it is a challenge to sneak that beauty in there when their moments together are so seldom, and when the men are always present. S R L : Many people who encounter the play wonder why Nick and Honey don’t leave. Why you think they stay? G G : This is Nick’s whole world. He’s at the President’s daughter’s house. If he leaves, he has to face it in the morning. I think, like all humans, he is protecting the possibility of a happy ending for himself, which might be some career advancement. He wants to keep his wife happy, maybe make a friend for her. Then, of course, he is forced to stay when Honey continues to get sick. They’re stuck there, but with each incident there is a little nudge keeping them in the room. Nick is constantly assessing which is going to be the greater loss: leaving right now and making a huge thing of it or suffering through this a little more. It’s the ultimate work dinner that you have to sit through that goes funhouse mirror grotesque. S R L : I appreciate how you’re framing it as Nick’s decision, given what we just talked about with gender. Honey doesn’t get to make the choice about staying or leaving. G G : She mentions right when they arrive that they should probably leave, but we also learn that she was the one who encouraged them to come over. She was thinking of her husband’s career advancement, and probably wanted to make some friends. She specifically mentions how difficult it was at Nick’s last job location to walk up to people and say hello. Isn’t that awful! S R L : Martha’s father, the president of the college, is a big unseen force in the play. How does his presence manifest for these characters? GG: Her father holds power over everyone in the room. His New England college is isolated and is its own little microcosm of the world. They
all rely on his beneficence for their future. The cast and I were just talking about the fact that Martha, who is 52 years old, still calls her father “daddy.” I’ve realized that I sometimes call my own parents “mommy” and “daddy”—and my in-laws have noted it. It just happens, and it doesn’t feel absurd, but it definitely indicates a closeness and a sense of being protected by them—or that you think you should be. When Martha does it, we don’t know if she’s wielding it as a power play, or if she’s actually connected to the little girl version of herself, who sees him as the most important man in her life. And George hates him! Martha’s “daddy” has a different ethos than George and clearly isn’t buying into George as his successor, or even as the head of his own department. Martha’s father reminds George of his failures. She talks about her father being more physical, George being less confident in his body. He’s a constant reminder of George’s own second-class status in his own house. S R L : What makes this ensemble’s take on these characters special to you? G G : Interestingly, everyone is about the age of the characters as written. I don’t usually see that. As written, George is six years younger than Martha. We have a George who is six years younger than her, and it resonates. Because we had cast a George and Martha who were essentially the ages of the characters, we then had to make sure our Nick and Honey were 28. That casting feels authentic, like Nick and Honey are trying on their parents’ clothing. Everyone in this play is in deep mourning for something. They are also in a rage about the lives that they are not living. This cast has a true understanding and fearlessness in how they make those connections on a personal level. Despite all of that, I believe that this is a play with hope. When you’ve got adversity, the only way around it is through. We’re watching these characters go through the storm probably in the worst way they ever have. I believe they come to a higher, hopefully more connected understanding of each other. There’s a reason Albee ends the show with dawn breaking. It’s almost too on the nose, but he’s telling us something. My feeling is that there is hope for a future for Martha and George. To read more about Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, visit geffenplayhouse.org/blog. G E F F E N P L AY H O U S E 1 7
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25 YEARS AND COUNTING Founder Gilbert Cates with Trustee Kristen Combs at the soon-to-be Geffen Playhouse (formerly Westwood Playhouse)
“ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS.” That was the mantra of Geffen Playhouse Founder and Producing Director Gilbert (Gil) Cates, a visionary and a showman who brought this theater to life a quarter of a century ago. And it remains our mantra today. With the launch of our 2021/2022 season, we celebrate 25 years of storytelling, opening nights, world premieres, standing ovations, and all the artists and audiences who have passed through our doors since we first raised our curtain with Four Dogs and a Bone in 1995. We did not just begin life as Geffen Playhouse—there’s more to our story. It was the early 1990s and, as a lover of the arts, then-Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Gil Cates had a dream and a vision. The goal was to create a new non-profit professional theater company that 1 8 P L AY B I L L
OCT 10, 1995 — John Patrick Shanley’s Four Dogs and a Bone, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, featuring Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Perkins, Parker Posey, and Martin Short opened the Geffen Playhouse
Founder Gilbert Cates with philanthropist David Geffen and UCLA Chancellor Emeritus Charles E. Young
Geffen Playhouse is excited to celebrate 25 years with its 2021/2022 Anniversary Season
would enrich the cultural life of Greater Los
of an endowment gift from philanthropist
Angeles and the UCLA community through
David Geffen) to begin the creation of a
plays and educational programs that in-
permanent professional non-profit theater
form, entertain and inspire.
in Westwood. The university created an
UCLA had a long history of working closely with professional theaters as an extension of its academic mission and, for many
independent board, helmed by Cates, which would assume all costs and risks of operating the theater. And the rest is history.
years, owned and operated the Doolittle
Since opening, Geffen Playhouse has
Theater in Hollywood to fulfill this mission.
staged nearly 200 productions, held more
Cates recognized the Doolittle’s geographic
than 9,000 performances, and entertained
distance from campus created a barrier to
countless audiences from around the world
any meaningful relationship with UCLA and
and every walk of life. Each year has brought
argued a better partner would be the West-
with it new stories, new artists, new laugh-
wood Playhouse, located right across from
ter, new tears and new challenges—and we
campus. Compelled by the proximity and
grow as a theater, and as a family, with every
potential of the historic theater, Chancellor
one of them.
Charles Young agreed to sell the Doolittle and pledged the proceeds of the sale to assist Cates with the purchase and refurbishment of the Westwood Playhouse.
It has been an honor to be a home for the arts in this remarkable city of Los Angeles, and we are excited for what the next 25 years will bring. We hope you will continue
UCLA leased the theater to the newly
to join us on this journey, as we go onward
named Geffen Playhouse (in recognition
and upward with the arts. G E F F E N P L AY H O U S E 1 9
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Shari Foos Burt & Nanette Forester Steven Forness In Honor of Frank & Betty Fouce Tomas Fuller & William Kelly Pat & Sandy Gage The Glass Family Hannah & Barrie Godwin Roz & Abner Goldstine Ellie Goodman Jill Grigsby & Rett Bull Harris Family Foundation Scott Hartle Murray & Gail Heltzer Jackson Henry Michael & Candie Herman Robin & Edgar Hirst Rob & Cassie Holmes Lynn Hunt & Margaret Jacob Gary T. Izumi Victoria Jackson & Bill Guthy Marcie & Marc J. Jacoby Nancy & Len Jacoby Carrie Johnson Linda & David Kagel Mark Kaplan Sally & Dr. Manny J. Karbelnig Patricia Keating King Nutronics Corporation Barton H. Kogan Norman Koplof & Leslie Falick Lena & Mark Labowe Sherry Lansing Foundation Steven & Nancy Lippman In Memory of Effie Lucero & Anne Ettinger Martin S Appel Survivors Trust Sheri & Jim McCashin James and Ana Miles Family Foundation Mintz Family Fund Andrew & Laura Mintzer Laurie & Chuck Mondrus Craig Morrison Dr. Paula C. Moseley Ron Myrick Mieke & Spencer Neumann Albert & Barbara Nichols Ornest Family Foundation London, Alex & Marty Padilla Jacalyn & Paul Pepperman Peters Family Fund at Chicago Community Foundation Carolyn A. Poer & John M. Poer Dolores Rogers Nancy Stephens & Rick Rosenthal and The Rosenthal Family Foundation Peymaneh Rothstein & Emad Asfoury Lori & David Rousso David A. & Karen Richards Sachs Nancy & Ted Sanborn
Gerald Sauer Peggy & Robert Shapiro John Shaw Sherry Lansing Foundation Robin & Robert L. Sills Ron Silverman & Soraya Ross Aaron & Ross Smith-Knight Jerome & Joan Snyder John Sonego & Thomas Faughnan Lisa Stonich Melora Sundt & Rob Kadota Rose Tarlow The Tatasciore Family John M. Teeples & Nicolas Martinez, Jr. Marjorie Thomson Tito + Craig John Turmes Leon & Stephanie Vahn Daniel & Shauna Valenzuela Marcia & Charles Wasserman Ph.D In Honor of Sid & Sheila Weiss John & Connie Weston In Loving Memory of Gareth Wigan Judith & Philip Winik Cherie Wrigley Linda Yellin Elena & Drew Zager Bobbi & Walter Zifkin
ARTISTIC ADVOCATE $500 – $999
Anonymous (5) Toshka & Norman Abrams Sylvia Almstadt Henry Alpert Don Bacigalupi Judith & Thomas Beckmen The Bordy & Leibovic Families Carol J. Bradshaw Paula Brand Marlene Bronson Mary Ellen Callahan Anthony Carbone Sean & Martha Carey Family Sylvie & Peter Cartmell Julianna & William Cellini Julie Chait James Clark Laurel & Aaron Clark The Clements Family Dr. Mara Cohen Ginger Conrad Ted Cordes & Bill Derby Joanna Davis Julie & Don Davis Dale Dickey Jane DuBovy Stephen Duncan Brian & Krista Fleming Charles Flippen Carol & John Fox
ANNUAL DONORS Diane Futterman Benita & Bert Ginsberg Tina & Michael Gittelson Ellen & Reginald Golla Adrienne Grant & Paul Jennings Gaby Allen & Rob Greenberg Dean Haas Lonnie Hamerman & Kenneth Freundlich Mary Hartley Drex Heikes Hella Hershson Winifred C Hervey Jack Hileman & Roxanne Huddleston Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman Paul Gordon Hoffman & Sue Caren Hoffman In Loving Memory of Stan Hollander Drs. Sharon & Lou Ignarro Robert & Gail Israel Brenda Marie Izzi Dr. Carole & David Jones Judith & Steaven Jones Linda Kaplan Nancy Kenney Sharon Kerson Dr. Leonard & Stella S. Kleinrock Dorothy Klinger Sharon & Joel Koppelman Millicent Sanchez Hisao Kushi Deborah Lacusta & Daniel Castellaneta Christo & Jeanne Lavagnino David Lee Ann Leland Gina Maria Leonetti Marla E. Levine Hannah Linkenhoker & Carter Cohn Jeffrey Lipp Deborah Marsten Kathy & Jim McCaffery Vickie McCorkendale Nick & Vaughan Meyer Norma & Larry Meyers Lee & Jeff Milman John Moschitta, Jr. Robert Nelson & Marguerite Renner Charles Owens Ralph Page Naidu & Jane Permaul Tami Pflug The Poker People Ron Rafay Catherine Raneri Fred & Denise Reimer Carol Risher Ronda & Fred Rose Peter Rose Barry Rosen & Neil Bokal Arlene & Peter Sacks Susan & Kenneth Sarno
Joel & Sonia Schneider Melanie Sharp & Kevin Miller In Memory of Michael Sherman Karen & Bill Skinner Amy Jo & Jeff Smith Diane Good & Frank Smith South Pasadena Arts and Music Academy Jill & Scott Spiwak Sarah Stegemoeller Sandra Stewart Dr. Margaret Stuber Robert & Kristie Svaleson Mr. & Mrs. David Tann Audri & Stan Tendler David & Cathy Thomas Brigitta Troy Richard Vance Bradley & Natalie Wallace Jennifer Weiser Elizabeth Wheat Gia & Michael Wise Delores Komar & Susan Wolford Marc Zachary
ASSOCIATE $250 – $499
Anonymous (7) Terry & Richard Abrams Shannon Ahl Charles & Annick Allen Eden Alpert Robert C. Anderson Peter Anderson Bonnie Ank Claudia Apelfeld Joseph D. Argilagos Barbara & Ethan Aronoff Behnaz Ataee Lisa Austin Elizabeth & Marc Axelrod Cecilia Ball Cindy & Jeff Ballard Donald Balzano Anthony Bellasalma & Susan B. Katz Jeme Benadon Karen Berko-Gibson Barbara Berkowitz Marilyn R. Blacker Marjorie Blatt Bonnie & Cary Blume Toby Bornstein Jill Boyd & Jarid Sumner Doug & Arlene Braun Howard Brightman The Broderick Family Laurrie Brooke Raegan Brunson Laura D. Campbell Karla Campbell Marlene & David Capell
Lorena Carlson Ellen Castleman The Claman/Cates Family Sandra Chan & Richard Pezner Diane Chernansky Nancy Chess The Chisolm Family Caroline Choi Lori Christopher Shirley Churgin Pam Coats Carl Cohn Jennifer Colantuoni Lynn Comer Nessa Cooper Heidi Jo Corey Shawn Cunningham In Loving Memory of Ed Cypert Muriel Dance & Alvin Martin J. Jason Daunter Jeffrey & Louise Davis Judith Delafield Hal & Roberta Delevie Gayle & Dan Devin Kristin Diehl Tom & Diane Duralde Michael East & Tanisha Gonzalez Ken Egel & Liz Wiegardt Joan & Jerry Elledge Colleen M. Ellis Terri & David Elston Carl & Courtenay Enright Lidia & Mauricio Epelbaum Stephen Falk Carol Fatuzzo Wilbur Faulk Diedre Feehan Terry Feuerborn Lisa & William Finkelstein Ruth Fisher Geralyn Flood Melissa Ford Christopher & Claire Forsyth Rosella Forte Dennis & Jackie Fox Jean & Jerome Friedman Lynn & Barry Friesen Laurelle Frome & Brady Frome Mr. Scot McIntosh & Dr. Ruchira Garg Corinne B. Garson Daniel Giesberg Jarrod Gilbreath Priscila Giraldo Linda & Tom Givvin Dr. Diane & Michael Glazer Lori Glickman Lorain Goldberg Francine Golden & Marvin Schlossman The Goldfarbs Gretchen Goldsmith Dina Goldstein
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ANNUAL DONORS AnaAlicia Gonzalez Roger Gordon Liz Gottainer & David Sadkin Andrea Gozali Howard Gradet Michael A. Green Trudi Green Jana & Randall Greer Kimberly Grieger Annika Guy Eve Haberfield & David N. Johnson Ross & Lindsey Avner Louise Halevy & Kenneth Erlich Keith Hall Pamela Halle Chris Hardeman Lorraine Hartman Brian & Karen Hatch Erica & Madison Hatchett Diane Haun Kam Hekmat Jacqueline Heller & Gabriel Kahana Sue Herbers Gary & Jane Hewer Karen Higgins Penny Hildebrand Melvin Horowitz Tamara Horwich & Gerry Lipshutz Michael Infiesto Jackie & Warren Jackson In Memory of Joseph Jacobs Frederic A. & Nancy Jacobus Stephen & Erica Jamieson Sheila Johnson-Brousseau Philip Angerhofer & Stephen A. Jones Arlene Kageyama Jessica Kaltman & Robert Reznik Julia Kantrowitz Victoria Kapitany Harris Katleman Owen Kato Jim Keily Stuart Kessler Sarah Kilpatrick Cynthia King Phyllis H. Klein Leana Kleinman & Jerald Johnson Allison Krensky The Kriloff Family Charles Kristenson Barbara Kroll & Ruth Spielman Mona Lands John & Sandra Langfitt 24 P L AY B I L L
Donald LaPlante Joan Larkin Jill & Michael Lasky Mindy Lauerlevin & Ed Levin Alyce LaViolette Pamela Lawler Rhonda Lawrence Miriam & Eli Lebental Doreen & Bruce Leddy Johanna Leovey Jerry & Eve Lerman Suzann & Jimmy Levine Lawrin & Linda Lewin Mae & Hugh Lichtig Joanne Lindsay Hugh & Gail Linstrom Andria Litto The Taylor Family Foundation Fran & David Loew Renee Lonner Bryan Lourd Mactarun & Risha Malik Jain Malkin Eric & Eva Plaza Mandel Phillips & Emily Marshall Gina Martino Laura Maslon Phyllis & Bert Massing George Mayer Douglas McAvoy, Jr. John McClure Kelly McDevitt Joel & Sherry McKuin Kathleen McMullin Sharon McQueen Anupama Menon Eileen & Paul Meshekow For Everett Mikelich In Memory of Gregory Millar Julie Miller-Phipps Denise V. Moore Howard J. Morris Linda Muccitelli Anita Nagler Bonnie Nash Stephen Nathan David Neilan Sherri & Arnie Nelson Dan Newman Andrew Newman Helen Nightengale Doreen & Donald Nortman Susan Oka Louise Olin Cory & Bill Oppenheim Sharon Oxborough Jorge Paganin Steven Papazian Sylvia & Robert Paris
Edward Parker Sun Parmeshwaran Kelly & Abhilash Patel Susan Petelik Vanessa Pizzuto Darcy Pollack Jack & Jane Pollock Heather M. Porter Gloria & Michael Rausch Kay & Bob Rehme Mike Resnick Marianne Reynolds Linda & Erin Rice Lindy Robbins Edwin Robinson Jaime & Linda Rodriguez Julie Rogers Eric Rolnick Robert Rosania Brad & Nancy Rosenberg Margaret Rosenthal Laurie Ross Becca Rothschild Liz Ryan Terry Ryan Nancy Sacks Noriko Salamon Susan & Wayne San Filippo Tawny & Jerry Sanders Jennifer Saunders Maxine Savitz Carole & Michael Scheinberg Marilyn Schmitter Gary & Karen Schneider Ian Schorvitz Toni & John Schulman Heidi & Mickey Schulman Linda Schwarz Marc Scott Morton & Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz Barbara Vickery & Martin Shapiro Robin Share Tom & Judy Sharp Alex & Ben Dashwood Elizabeth Silberlicht Nancy & Bruce Silverman David B. Simons Sandra & Irwin Sitkoff Marlene Sklar & Joel Moskowitz Leah Sklar Tricia Small Ethan & Joanna Smith
Jon Snow Susan Solomon The Somaini Family Melvin Spears Donald Spradlin Andrea & David Stanley M Leslie Stearns Cydney Stewart Frances & Sy Strasberg Frances Strasberg Arthur Streeter Mr. Kayser Sume & Dr. Renee Sabshin Ann & Paul Sunderland Katherine Sung Neely & Larry Swanson Robin & David Swartz Andrea & Jay Swerdlow Susan Szambelan Katherine Szopa Joanne Takahashi Lance & Maureen Tan Ilisa E. Tanner Gloria Tapanes Tenenbaums & Schoenfelds The Thayer Family Allison Thomas Daniel Tongbai & Henry Clancy William Toth Barbara Tuchi Karen Van Kirk Robin Venturelli Paul Verdon & Michael Haight William Wallace Fern Wallach Chris Walther Louise Wannier Jill Waterman Andrew & Cathy Watts Kelly Weber Williams Donna Weiss Lisa Welch John & Sherry West Aaron Widera WME Albert Wolsky Karen Woo Jennifer & Randy Wooster Lisa Yen & Tom Bajoras David & Christine ZeBrack Will Miller & Anna Ziegler Steven Ziel Dr. & Mrs. Darin Detwiler Laura Zucker & Allan Miller
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Gil Cates, Jr.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ARTISTIC
Amy Levinson Associate Artistic Director Daniel Ionazzi Producer Ross Jackson Artistic Producer Phyllis Schuringa Artistic Associate / Casting Director Abby Weston-Mark Company Manager Carly Plasha Assistant to the Artistic Director
PRODUCTION
Isaac Katzanek Production Manager Jill Barnes Artistic & Production Administrator Evan Friedman Technical Director Patty Squibb Assistant Technical Director Alexandre Norkus Gil Cates Theater Stage Supervisor Tyler Brogla Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater Stage Supervisor Rick Gilles Properties Master Karin Rabe Associate Properties Master Audrey Lastar Costume Supervisor Sarah Lindsley Wardrobe Supervisor Andrew Vance Lighting & Projection Supervisor Julie Cowger Assistant Lighting Supervisor James Grabowski House Sound Supervisor Jake Delgado Associate House Sound Supervisor
ADMINISTRATION
Behnaz Ataee Chief Financial Officer Berenice Campos Director of Human Resources Peter Banachowski Accounting Manager Youra Kim Junior Accountant Clay Dzygun Office Coordinator Marguerite Harris Receptionist
DEVELOPMENT
Elizabeth Kegley Director of Institutional Giving Mark San Filippo Director of Donor Stewardship Christine Drew Benjamin Director of Donor Engagement Jessica Brusilow Rollins Grant Writing Consultant Allie Reasol Development Assistant
EDUCATION
Brian Allman Interim Director of Education & Community Engagement Rudy King Manager of Community Engagement Paloma Nozicka Education Associate Sean Michael Boozer, DeJuan Christopher Conner, Lyssa Deehan, Ramy El-Etreby, Tara Ricasa, Maddy Wagner Teaching Artists
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Patrick Brown Director of Marketing Zenon Dmytryk Director of Communications Karen Gutierrez Director of Advertising & Audience Development Brian Dunning Director of Content & Creative Zack Hamra Associate Director of Audience Services & Ticketing Kevin O’Brien Marketing Manager Janice Bernal Box Office Manager Alyssa Tyson Box Office Manager Lexy McAvinchey Assistant Box Office Manager & House Seat Manager Vaneh Assadourian, Brianna Barrett, Jacob Feller, Sean James, Alan Kistler, Lauren Machain, Sara Turken, Yua Watanabe, Dennis Woullard Box Office Staff
FRONT OF HOUSE
Jeni Pearsons Director of Operations Mel Yonzon Front of House Manager Amy Farkas Lead Concierge Rob Mersola Event Manager Adam Carr Hospitality Captain Anya Pryjmak, Emir Yonzon Part Time House Managers Sam Baker, Ron Burch, Sigourney Chin, Sarah Chute, Savanna Chute, Ki Duncan, Elizabeth Fritsch, Tony Jose Garcia, Angelo Herrera, Joe Maldonado, Simon Martin, Taylor McClain, Adam Simers, Kari Solum, Taneal Williams Guest Services Brynn Allen, Lulu Altabbakh, Anya Banerjee, Hannah Battersby, Blaire Battle, Lauren Curet, Enzo De Cunto, Sydney Fleischman, Charlene Herrella, Aja Hinds, Keo Lacebol, Alia Maboob, Clayton McInerney, Austin Merrill, Ana Nguyen, Autumn Oymade, Michael Rosenberg, Elena ScaringPeene, Areaney Tolentino, Titus VanHook, Steven Vargas, Ben Wendel, Paulyne Youri Ushers
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Karim Bouzzit Cloud System Administrator Dream Warrior Group System Administrator
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Art Guillen Facilities Manager Martin Ayala, Felipe Ayala Building Maintenance Mario Santillan-Perez Custodial Juan Carlos Umaña, Camerina Martinez Cleaning Custodial
Geffen Playhouse is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. This project was also funded in part by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. Geffen Playhouse, a not-for-profit theater company, is proudly affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles. G E F F E N P L AY H O U S E 2 5